民數記 36

1 那時若瑟後裔的家族中，有默納協的子孫，瑪基爾的兒子基肋阿得子孫的家族首領，來到梅瑟和叵子民各家族的首領前說：

Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

2 「上主吩咐我主，以抽籤來分給以色列子民土地為產業，我主又領了木的保，將我們兄弟責羅斐哈得的產業，分給他的女兒們。

And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

3 現在，如果她們嫁給了以色列子民另一支派的人，她們的產業就脫離了我們祖先的產業，而加在所嫁給的那一支派的產業上：這樣，我們抽籤分得的產業就減少了。

Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

4 甚至一到以色列子民的喜年，她們的產業仍舊加在所嫁的那一支派的產業內，我們祖先支派的產業就減少了她們那一份」。

And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

5 梅瑟依上主的指示訓令以色列子民說：「若瑟子孫支派說的有理。

So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.

6 上主對於責羅斐哈得的女兒們這樣這樣吩咐說：她們可任意嫁給自己所喜愛的人，但只應嫁給屬於自己祖先支派的人。

This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

7 以色列子民的產業不可由一支派轉移至另一支派，因為以色列子民每人應固守自己祖先支派的產業。

And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

8 以色列子民支派中，凡繼承產業的子女，應嫁給她祖先支派的人為妻，好使每個以色列子民能固守祖先的產業。

And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

9 這樣產業就不會由一支派轉移至另一支派，因為以色列子民各支派應固守自己的產業」。

And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

10 上主怎樣吩咐了梅瑟，責羅斐哈得的女兒們就怎樣做了。

So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

11 責羅斐哈得的女兒：瑪赫拉、提爾匝、曷米革拉、米耳加和諾阿，嫁給了自己叔伯的兒子們，

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

12 即嫁給了若瑟的兒子默納協子孫家族的人：如此她們的產業仍留在她們祖先家族的支派內。

And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

13 這是上主在耶利哥對面，約旦河邊，摩阿布曠野內，藉梅瑟向以色列子民所頒佈的誡命和規則。

These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.